Improvement in fountain pen-holders



'UNITED STATES CHARLES C LE'vELAND, oir

PATENT' MIDDLEB-'URYg VERMONT.

v Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 8,97 7de 1te11June 1, 1852.

To all: whom may'cloncem': Be it knownthat' LCHARLES CLEVELAND,

- of Middlebury, in the State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Self-Supplying or Fountain Pen, being a methodA of supplying -inl; to a pen when-in j vuse 'trom a fountain or cistein'- in the penholder, 'whereby the flow of.. ink is .regulated by the hand which holds the pen and in the act of Vwriting,so-'aste keep the pen constantly supplied with. ink while ,in use and stopping it at pleasure. l

By this improvement the inconvenience an d interruption of dipping the pen in ink are avoidedrand the pen, with a'snpply of ink in' 'the fountain, can be kept in the pocket ready Ffor use, occupying no more space than the ordinary pen and holder. The Supply of ink is contained in the upper portion of the holder, which is hollow, and which screws onto theA vother or lower part nextthe pen. L'lhis lower pat may be conveniently made about an inch inlength andis hollow. Within it is a spi ral springcoiled aronnd'a small rod. or wire on a seat or bed. At-each 'end of this seater bed, and forming ftheY two ends of it, ane 'i flanges or projections lling the hollow'of the' tube, except a small portion of it on one side, leaving space sufficient for the ink to descend from' the fountain to the pen. This small rod or wire passesthrough a hole in the lower flange .orr I ojection into a corresponding opening in the upperange and is tapered. or pointed, fand forms'with said opening a conical valve for the admission of air." The ink passesdown by thesideof the seat olfbed before mentioned from thev fountain and 'meets at the bottom a ange on the othervr vside of it, through which there is a small opening. This opening is closed by a branch from the rod before mentioned, tapered :or pointed in like manner, and forming aconical valve which regulates the flow of ink to the pen. The red or wire aforesaid, about. onethird the distance from the top, is perforated by a small hole, into which 'there passes a pin from the outside, where it is fastened to a slide. Around the rod or wire below the pin is a springJ a spiral one being most convenient. 'The slide, to move readily, should have as little friction upon the holder as may be. By moving the slide,- which while writing is under the' lingers, downward the rod orl valve is pressed down, and the iialve being opened thev admission of air allows tlief" ink to flow from 'the fountain, and the lower valve being opened by the same act the lnk *Y flows out into the p en along a leader 'formed of that end of the rod.A The penbeing thus filled', the slide is: permittedtoreturn to' its place, forced back-"by thespi'ingg-and this closes the valves :and stops the flow of ink.

As ink is reqniredthis is repeated, and'v all without moving the hand from the pen.

This pen-holder or fountain may also be Vconstructed without the spring; but in this case thevalves must be closed as welluas opened by-movinga slideor button attached tothe Vvalves, into the, hand-In this case, however, the pen may be carried as safely in the pocket when the cap is on. I t may like.-

wise be constructed by making the valve-rods vand with or without the spring.

The construction will be more fully underseparate, connecting each of them with aslid'e stood by 'reference to-the drawing hereto an:

nexed, which forms a part of this speclicafs tion, upon which,v a isa pen 'and holderjcomplete. b is av transverse section of it-. g

c is the barrel or fountain containing the ink; d, the-rod and conical valves; e, the spring;

f, the slide; g, the pen; h, the seat or bed; 111472,# the anges; p p, screws by which the fountain is opened for tllingwith ink.: e i j cis another form of penV and 'holder complete. Z is a transverse section'of it.V In this form c is the barrel or. fountain. extends through it and enters an openingv at @forming a conical valve forJthe admission of aix,- the rod; or wire being directedto its place by a funnel with an opening at the top.

The same rod forms the valve foi-'the admis sion of ink.

to secure by Letters Patent, is-

What I claim asmy invention, and desire vThe combination of the valves in a fount- 'l ain-pen for 'the admission of-.air and regulating-the iow of ink'with the slidel or button and witli'the spring andslide, inthe inanner abovedescribed, or in ,any other s nbstan'- tia'lly the. same. K New lYork, February 2,1852.

CHARLES CLEVELAND; "Witne'sse's:

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